Stream of consciousness is not as easy to write as one might think. What could be easier than transcribing your thoughts as they come to you? I don’t even think I could describe how hard it is. You should try it though. Just write what immediately comes into your head…
I’ll wait…
Did it come in words? Sentences with grammar included? If so then you weren’t doing it right or you editorialized yourself. Not that you can write true stream. Joyce didn’t he tried to, and even his tightly and meticulously constructed stream is nigh impossible to understand. Read Ulysses. If you can get through it I’d like you to tell me what you took out of it. Without the help of Cliff, if you please or the assistance of a tome of literary criticism. I’ve read the book twice, the first just to read it, the second was an attempt at understanding. I’ve never had a more painful experience in my life. I immediately suspect people who tell me that they get the book. I suspect that they are either lying or stupid. I also suspect that Joyce wrote the book as a cruel joke… Those who say they do understand it, are only better bull shit artists than you or I…
Anyone that’s enough for now. I have nothing left to say.
